Combined ash-box and shovel.



No. 64|,064. Patented Jan. 9, I900. w. s. ANDERSON.

CUMBINED ASH BOX AND SHOVEL.

(Application filed May 4, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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WILLIAM SENSENEY ANDERSON, on JASPER, Tennessee.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,064, ates January9, 19nd.

Application filed May 4,1899. Serial No. 715,562. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, -WILLIAM SENSENEY ANDERSON, of Jasper, in the countyof Marion and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and ImprovedCombined Ash-Box and Shovel, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in devices for taking up andcarrying ashes, 85o. and it consists of a combined ash-box and shovelconstructed of iron, steel, or other incombustible material.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device closed. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the device opened in condition for receiving theashes, and Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the device closed.

My invention comprises a box A, which in its preferred form is incross-section a quadrant of a circle, one side B of the box being hingedat the center of the quadrant, so that it may swing downward and'adaptit to form the shovel. This side B has a flange 0 extending upward fromeach side edge, the outer or end edge being without a flange.

The bottom of the shovel B is preferably bent at the point 1), as shownin the drawings, the upper side being substantially concave. This bendin the bottom enables the device to be more conveniently used in manyways than if it were straight, as the outer edge of the shovel B may bekept close down to the hearth, while the box is held slightly above thehearth by the handles H H on the box A. The width of the shovel will bemade to correspond to the space within which it is to be inserted, andthe depth of the flanges G will also correspond with the space betweenthe grates and the hearth. The hinge a for the shovel B is a continuoushinge extending from one side of the shovel to the other.

The downward drop of the shovel is limited by pivoted links D, which areconnected to the box and the shovel and which close within the box whenthe shovel is raised. The shovel is held in its upper position by meansof a spring-catch formed of a spring-hook F on top of the ash-box and acatch=bar E sespring-bar F has a loop or extension Fwith in the box anda hook f formed on its outer free end and by means of which it may begrasped by the finger and lifted to release the catch E.

The box, as herein shown, is provided with three handles, two handles Hbeing located one at each end of the box and the third handle Gr beinglocated at the top of the box or the point which is nearest to the endof the shovel when the same is closed.

Inusin'g my device I grasp the handle on top of the box, insert theindex-finger in hook f on the free end of the spring-bar F under thehandle, and raise the same. This will release the shovel, and it willfall downward and outward. The device is then placed in front of theashes, dust, or other substance to be taken up or removed and is thenpushed forward, by means of the handles H on the ends of the box,beneath the ashes, dirt, dust, or other substance to be taken up orremoved, or such substance maybe drawn upon it until the shovel has beenfilled. The shovel is then drawn outward, if necessary, to clear it ofany overhanging obstruction, like a grate, and the box is swung forwardover the shovel until the catch E is caught by the spring-bar F. The boxis then turned back, liftingthe shovel with it and dropping the ashes,dirt, dust, or other substance to be removed into the body of the box.'It is then picked up by the handle G on top of the box and carried outto where the ashes, &c.,are to be dumped. I insert the index-fingeragain in the hook on the free end of the spring-bar F under the handle Gon top of the box, and the shovel will open and fall outward, readilyemptying the contents of the box. It will be seen that the contents ofthe box are kept entirely covered, inclosed within the box, and there isno chance for dust or sparks of fire to-escape into the room or hallwaysor open spaces through which it is carried, nor is dust created orcaused to fly by the operation of my device in taking up ashes, forwhich purpose it is chiefly intended, as is common in the ordinary wayof taking up ashes, in which the ashes are repeatedly disturbed infilling the shovel and emptying the same into a separate Vessel. Theshovel of my device when once cured to the outer end of the shovel.

full is immediately covered and secured by turning the box A forwardover the shovel B.-

Having thus fully described myinvention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A combined ash-box and shovel, consistingof a box having one side hinged thereto to drop downward and adapted toact as a shovel, the side edges of said side having integral upturnedflanges, and pivoted links connecting the box and shovel and limitingthe outward swing of said shovel.

2. A combined ash-box and shovel, comprising a box in cross-section thequadrant of a circle, one of the fiat sides being hinged at and adaptedto act as ashovel, the bottom of 2 5 said shovel being bent intermediateits ends.

WILLIAM SENSENEY ANDERSON.

Witnesses: I g A. L. PITTS,

T. A. WILLIAMS.

